The map shows the cosmic microwave background ... was that nothing contradicted the current leading model of the universe, known as lambda-CDM. Previous data put the age of the universe at ...

Astronomers have discovered what may be the largest-scale structure in the known universe ... of a long-running effort to map the matter distribution of the universe at different wavelengths ...

The map contains information about more ... The current model — known as the Lambda-CDM model — posits the universe has been expanding due to a "cosmological constant" that governs dark ...